Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years.
Source: Stringham, in A Buyer's Market, ch. 2, 1952; second in the novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.
-- Anthony Powell, (Dec 21 1905-2000), English novelist; He is best known for his autobiographical and satiric 12-volume series of novels, A Dance to the Music of Time.